By Amy Musgrave
Black farmers must be included in commercial agriculture, which means that they need land, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Writing in his weekly newsletter, the president said on Monday that the ongoing land reform process and release of government land would benefit emerging farmers and ensure that they too add to the growth of South Africa’s farming economy.
He said that this effort required multi-sectoral collaboration. The Land Bank and other commercial financiers would need to collaborate by providing capital, and organised agriculture could help by deploying the necessary training.
The president was writing on the importance of agriculture for the economy.
“The farming sector of South Africa is vital to our growth agenda. It has shown resilience in the past and will likely continue along this encouraging and promising path. It will, therefore, be critical that the sector embraces the onward march of transformation,” Ramaphosa said.
“It
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